Wednesday, December 5, 2018

7th grade HW #5 12.5.2018

Read this article about gene editing and answer the questions below:

1. DESCRIBE what happened to the population of Anopheles gambie that scientists in the article were studying. (Write in complete sentences!!)
2. DEFINE what a "gene drive" is.
3. EXPLAIN how the gene modification in this mosquito prevents the spread of malaria.
4. IDENTIFY 1 reason some scientists are nervous about introducing this gene modification into the wild.
5. CHOOSE 1 of the power words and use in the complete sentence to show you understand the meaning of the word.

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